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Horace: Odes Book I (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) by Horace, edited by Roland Mayer is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In the first book of odes, Horace presents himself to his Roman readers in a novel guise, as the appropriator of the Greek lyric tradition. He aspired to add a new province to the empire of the national literature. The first book is designed both to establish Horace's engagement with his Greek predecessors and to create a role for lyric poetry in contemporary Rome. The collection of thirty-eight poems is therefore a dazzling feat of poetic appropriation and innovation, a blend of the public and

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Author

Horace, edited by Roland Mayer

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521587662

Category

history

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Poetry

Rating

4.8 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14